Shelf



Apr. 24, 1923. 4 1,452,765

' w. J. STATLER srmw Filed Jan. 50, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Q L o Filed Jan. 30, 1920 *EL E.

V 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 51mm Wc/JEaf/er Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

UNIT-Ea "STATES 1,4523% FFICE.

WILLIAM J. STATLER, OF BUFFA O,"yonxgnssrsnoaro TH JEW TTREFEIG- \ERATOR COMPANY, or BUFFALO, new YORK, A CORPORATION or nnw YoaK. j l g SHELF.

Applicationfiled January 1920. Serial No. 355,221.

To all whom it may concern: I

vBe it knownthat 1, WILLIAM J STATLER, a'citizen of the United States of America, residing at Buffalo, N, Y., have invented new and useful Shelves, of which thefollow i'ng is a specification.

My invention relates to shelves, and is par ticularly adapted foruse in hotels, restaurants, and the like, where food is to be stored. j An object of my invention is to providea shelf of thin metal which will, be comparatively rigid, and which will support a relatively great load. Another object is to pro- 7 vide a shelf so formed and supported asto reduce to a minimum the danger of acc1-' dental displacement with consequent spilling of materials supported therein. Another object is to provide a shelfso formed, that material spilled upon one shelf will not leak down upon the material on the shelf below. Another object is to cheapen the c0nstruction of a device of this kind. Other objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds --Brieflystated, each shelf in its preferre A form comprises, a sheet of thin material such as sheet metal, having down-turned flanges on two sides. The rear of the sheet is provided with an rip-turned flange, while the front side of the sheet is so bent as to form a gutter. g

In order to support the shelf, I. preferably provide, a frame comprising T section standards supported with the legsof each front and rear T facing each other. Secured to the leg of each front and rear T is a beam, and upon these beams the shelf proper is supported. When a shelf proper is placed in the frame, the down-turned flanges fit over the beams and prevent lateral displacement of the shelf. The shelf is preferably of such width as to be engaged by. the

- backs of the T section standards to prevent accidental displacement to the front or rear. I

In the drawings which show merely a preferred form of my invention: Fig. 1 is a vertical section through a frame having two shelves in place.

. Fig. 2 is a section takenin the plane of the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. I i

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section showing a frame with a plurality of shelves supported side by side thereon.

, of thin metal.

-cutaway portions.

4 etail perspective view ofione ofthe shelves. v

11 are a series of T section standards j Ts of respective front and back standards face each other. Any number of these standards may be provided depending upon the width of the frame and the number of shelves to be supported. These standards may be suitably braced if desired by means of braces such as 33. 4 of standard 1 and to leg 5 of standard 2 is a beam 6 held on by any suitable means such as rivets. If a plurality of shelves are to be supported side by side as shown in Fig. 3, two beams will be supported from the legs of the standards as will be clearly shown in Fig.3, The shelf roper as shown in the drawings preferably consists of a sheet Thebody portion 7 before. bending is properly recessed atthe four corners so as to leave shoulders such as 88 and 9--9 upon the sides thereof. A flange 10 is left on each side of the shelf, and-this Secured to the leg beam support for the rear of the shelf. A

gutter'is preferably provided at the front of each shelf and this gutter may be conveniently formed by bending the material of the shelf downwardly and then upwardly to form the gutter or spillway/ The front part of the material of the guttermay be 7 bent downwardly if desired in order to form a smooth surface, and to provide greater rigidity. It will be noted that the double bent portions atthe front and rear of each shelf will form a'finished construction and 7 also give great rigidity to the shelf.

When a shelf is placed in the rack, the side flanges 1O fit over the beams 6-6, and thus support the shelf and also prevent lateral displacement thereof. The cut-away portions at thecorners of the shelf permit the shelf to extend between the backs of the T standards, the legs of the Ts fitting in the Since each shelf fits between the backsof the Ts, forward or rear displacement is impossible.

By reason of the gutter on each shelf, any

- cheapto construct, one which will be com i parativelyirigid and which will be sanitary when used for storing food.

Vhile I have described a preferred emmaterial which may be spilled upon an upper shelf will run down and beeaught by the gutter instead of leaking down onto the shelf. below.

slight inclination if desired, and also that suitable drain pipes might be provided for thegutters.

Itwill thus be seen that I have provided a shelf which will be extremelyysimple and bodiment of my invention in some detail, I

wish it tobe understood that various changes- It is of course .to be under- 1 stood that these shelves could be given fax side edges of said body portion being bent downwardly, another side of said body portion-being bent upwardly to form an abut-' ment' and stifiening r-ib, the side of said shelf opposite the upturned side being bent downwardly, and .then upwardly to form a trough and the extreme edge of said side.

forming the trough being folded down upon itself to form a smooth-rounded edge.

WILLIAM J. WrATLaR'. 

